Now Solomon{H8010} purposed{H559} to build{H1129} a house{H1004} for the name{H8034} of Jehovah,{H3068} and a house{H1004} for his kingdom.{H4438}

And Solomon{H8010} counted out{H5608} threescore and ten{H7657} thousand{H505} men{H376} to bear burdens,{H5449} and fourscore{H8084} thousand{H505} men that were hewers{H2672} in the mountains,{H2022} and three{H7969} thousand{H505} and six{H8337} hundred{H3967} to oversee{H5329} them.

And Solomon{H8010} sent{H7971} to Huram{H2361} the king{H4428} of Tyre,{H6865} saying,{H559} As thou didst deal{H6213} with David{H1732} my father,{H1} and didst send{H7971} him cedars{H730} to build{H1129} him a house{H1004} to dwell{H3427} therein, [even so deal with me].

Behold, I am about to build{H1129} a house{H1004} for the name{H8034} of Jehovah{H3068} my God,{H430} to dedicate{H6942} it to him, and to burn{H6999} before{H6440} him incense{H7004} of sweet{H5561} spices, and for the continual{H8548} showbread,{H4635} and for the burnt-offerings{H5930} morning{H1242} and evening,{H6153} on the sabbaths,{H7676} and on the new moons,{H2320} and on the set feasts{H4150} of Jehovah{H3068} our God.{H430} This is [an ordinance] for ever{H5769} to Israel.{H3478}

And the house{H1004} which I build{H1129} is great;{H1419} for great{H1419} is our God{H430} above all gods.{H430}

But who is able{H6113} to build{H1129} him a house,{H1004} seeing heaven{H8064} and the heaven{H8064} of heavens{H8064} cannot contain{H3557} him? who am I then, that I should build{H1129} him a house,{H1004} save only{H518} to burn incense{H6999} before{H6440} him?

Now therefore send{H7971} me a man{H376} skilful{H2450} to work{H6213} in gold,{H2091} and in silver,{H3701} and in brass,{H5178} and in iron,{H1270} and in purple,{H710} and crimson,{H3758} and blue,{H8504} and that knoweth how to grave{H6605} [all manner of] gravings,{H6605} [to be] with the skilful men{H2450} that are with me in Judah{H3063} and in Jerusalem,{H3389} whom David{H1732} my father{H1} did provide.{H3559}

Send{H7971} me also cedar-trees,{H730} {H6086} fir-trees,{H1265} and algum-trees,{H418} out of Lebanon;{H3844} for I know{H3045} that thy servants{H5650} know{H3045} how to cut{H3772} timber{H6086} in Lebanon:{H3844} and, behold, my servants{H5650} shall be with thy servants,{H5650}

even to prepare{H3559} me timber{H6086} in abundance;{H7230} for the house{H1004} which I am about to build{H1129} shall be great{H1419} and wonderful.{H6381}

And, behold, I will give{H5414} to thy servants,{H5650} the hewers{H2404} that cut{H3772} timber,{H6086} twenty{H6242} thousand{H505} measures{H3734} of beaten{H4347} wheat,{H2406} and twenty{H6242} thousand{H505} measures{H3734} of barley,{H8184} and twenty{H6242} thousand{H505} baths{H1324} of wine,{H3196} and twenty{H6242} thousand{H505} baths{H1324} of oil.{H8081}

Then Huram{H2361} the king{H4428} of Tyre{H6865} answered{H559} in writing,{H3791} which he sent{H7971} to Solomon,{H8010} Because Jehovah{H3068} loveth{H160} his people,{H5971} he hath made{H5414} thee king{H4428} over them.

Huram{H2361} said{H559} moreover, Blessed{H1288} be Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} that made{H6213} heaven{H8064} and earth,{H776} who hath given{H5414} to David{H1732} the king{H4428} a wise{H2450} son,{H1121} endued{H3045} with discretion{H7922} and understanding,{H998} that should build{H1129} a house{H1004} for Jehovah,{H3068} and a house{H1004} for his kingdom.{H4438}

And now I have sent{H7971} a skilful{H2450} man,{H376} endued{H3045} with understanding,{H998} of Huram{H2361} my father's,{H1}

the son{H1121} of a woman{H802} of the daughters{H1323} of Dan;{H1835} and his father{H1} was a man{H376} of Tyre,{H6876} skilful{H3045} to work{H6213} in gold,{H2091} and in silver,{H3701} in brass,{H5178} in iron,{H1270} in stone,{H68} and in timber,{H6086} in purple,{H713} in blue,{H8504} and in fine linen,{H948} and in crimson,{H3758} also to grave{H6605} any manner of graving,{H6603} and to devise{H2803} any device;{H4284} that there may be [a place]{H5414} appointed unto him with thy skilful men,{H2450} and with the skilful men{H2450} of my lord{H113} David{H1732} thy father.{H1}

Now therefore the wheat{H2406} and the barley,{H8184} the oil{H8081} and the wine,{H3196} which my lord{H113} hath spoken{H559} of, let him send{H7971} unto his servants:{H5650}

and we will cut{H3772} wood{H6086} out of Lebanon,{H3844} as much as thou shalt need;{H6878} and we will bring{H935} it to thee in floats{H7513} by sea{H3220} to Joppa;{H3305} and thou shalt carry it up{H5927} to Jerusalem.{H3389}

And Solomon{H8010} numbered{H5608} all the sojourners{H582} that were in the land{H776} of Israel,{H3478} after{H310} the numbering{H5610} wherewith David{H1732} his father{H1} had numbered{H5608} them; and they were found{H4672} a hundred{H3967} and fifty{H2572} thousand{H505} and three{H7969} thousand{H505} and six{H8337} hundred.{H3967}

And he set{H6213} threescore and ten{H7657} thousand{H505} of them to bear burdens,{H5449} and fourscore{H8084} thousand{H505} that were hewers{H2672} in the mountains,{H2022} and three{H7969} thousand{H505} and six{H8337} hundred{H3967} overseers{H5329} to set{H5647} the people{H5971} at work.{H5647}